진 크랜츠

소개

유진 프랜시스 "진" 크랜츠(1933년 8월 17일 ~ )는 미국의 항공 우주 엔지니어로, 전직 전투기 조종사, 전직 미항공우주국(NASA) 운항 책임자(Flight Director) 및 관리자(Manager)이다.

Eugene Francis Kranz is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He directed the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13. He characteristically wore a close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper "mission" vests (waistcoats) of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions.